2023-2024学年人教新目标初中英语八年级下册小短文阅读

人教新目标初中英语八年级下册小短文阅读 一 Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer.   Instead of attending English or math   training courses, she played badminton and basketball most of the time. A new guideline（指导方针）introduced by central authorities（中央政府）on July 24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer. Aiming to ease（减少）the schoolwork burden（负担）on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework,             improving the quality of education and regulating（规范）after-class activities, Xinhua reported. According to the guideline, children below the third grade will not have homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework. Off-campus tutoring institutions（校外培训机构）are not allowed to offer overseas education courses or advanced（超前的）teaching. No subject-based（基于学科的）training will be allowed on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations. More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1 to 12 are taking private（私人的）tutoring courses, Global Times reported. “Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. Some training   institutions have taken advantage of（利用）parents’ anxieties（焦虑）to make money,” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal University “ The guideline is meant to calm（安抚） the anxieties of parents and society as a whole.” “But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since exams still exist（存在）” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. One-on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a rise due to this need. “Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main responsibility for students’ education and not push them into tutoring courses,” Chu added. 二 David is a student. He likes traveling. But a few years ago, because he had too much homework to do, he had no